The Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri sent an email and said members could not raise money that represents “partisan politics” and must “stay neutral.”
The Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri sent an email and said members could not raise money that represents “partisan politics” and must “stay neutral.”
My daughter is a girl scout and as far as I’m aware they can choose to spend money raised on activities for their own troop or any cause / non profit that they wish. I think the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri may be mistaken here.
Unrelated topic, the Girl Scouts allows trans girls to participate. I wonder if they have the same stance or if this local branch is going against the international standard.
Gonna put my sister in Boy Scouts cause they allow girls in there since a few years ago now. I wonder if they have any restrictions on foreign aid like this.
Afaik, the US is the only country still calling it “boy” scouts.
Everywhere else that I’m aware of, it’s just Scouts. And it has been co-ed for at least a couple of decades outside of the US.
Yeah I like saying Scouts more than boy scouts. It’s more inclusive that way.
Girl scouts may be wrong here, but they’re still by far a better organization than the boy scouts.
There’s something to be said for the skills that are taught and the overall purported ethos, but like the Catholic church, you absolutely cannot trust them to not cover up heinous shit that they’ll allow to continue forever.
If you do, make sure you’re present all the time and be aware that predators have found a home there since their inception.
Boy scout troops vary from place to place. I’ve been with my troop for many years and we’re great. The next city over, I know a troop that runs things very differently and left. So ymmv
Supporting Israel’s victims is drastically more disruptive to establishment power than supporting trans children.
Consequently, It’s more likely for an organization to prevent its members from supporting Gazans than it is for an organization to prevent its members from supporting trans rights